Those who are feeding oatmeal/purées, how much are you doing. We are doing two 'meals' a day. Each has 2tbsp of oatmeal and 2tbsp purees, one sweet potato(or something alike) and one fruit.
What are you all doing?
For the first two or three weeks we did an evening (5pm-ish) feed of oatmeal cereal plus veggie plus bottle. I use my formula scoop as a measure for the oatmeal and I do one scoop split for two of them. The bottles are 5oz each and I use some of that formula to make the oatmeal cereal. I add one step 1 veggie purée on the side (so much for doing my own 😂) but I have no clue how many oz that is. I'm referring to the Gerber plastic container. Maybe 2-3 oz? Again aolit between the two of them.
This past week I adjusted and added a breakfast around 2 hours post wake (8am) of same volume oatmeal and a fruit. Then moved the dinner up to about 3pm (they were having gas issues overnight when I was feeding them at 5.. They go to bed 6:30.). They are always the same volume - one scoop oatmeal cereal plus one step 1 purée - split between two babies plus 5oz milk each.
I've thought about increasing the food but I already see them cutting down their bottles and I feel like it's bc of the food.
Lol kleigh when B was born I was all about making my own food. I even did it once. Then realized the packages are super cheap and convenient and I said F it.
When we were in Target last weekend H said, "let's make our own, we really should make our own"... (Like how he uses "we"?). I almost bust out laughing in the middle of the aisle. I said, "ok you make it, let me know how it goes" and grabbed them off the shelf.
I barely have time to do laundry and grocery shop. We've used uber eats for about 100 of the last 125 nights' dinner bc I haven't mastered this domestication I hear of. Those ingredients would sit in my fridge unused for a week.
+1 to still cutting up the toddler's food. Grapes and hot dogs especially. And I still don't let him eat popcorn or raw carrots.
Did I ever tell y'all about the time I used the nose frida and thought I sucked out a bunch of blood? I turned on the light and it was a matchstick carrot....up her nose...we hadn't eaten them in a couple days...
I had to go to the emergency room to get a carrot removed from my nose when I was three....once I had it in my head that it could fit up there I couldn't not do it.
No solids here yet. We do BLW. H is 6 months today but not quite sitting unassisted so we're waiting until that happens to start. We'll probably do avocado and then sweet potato, which is how we started with E around 7 months.
Post by cookswithwine9 on May 1, 2017 9:52:18 GMT -5
tgrimes1980 I don't have any special equipment. I just baked 2 sweet potatoes in the oven at 400 degrees for about an hour (until a knife slid in easy). Then I scraped the insides into a food processor and blended. It seemed a little thick still so I added 2.5oz of breast milk to it and blended again. Then I piped it into the little ice cube trays and frozen them. Next time I don't think I would use breastmilk though bc that's half a bottle for me! And I don't have that much to be throwing around so I think I would just use water to loosen the consistency next time. ETA danib too
What foods have been the favourites so far? H has had sweet potato and squash, and so far he is not impressed. C loved everything so I'm at a loss. I need this kid to like something besides nursing (he still won't take a bottle, only plays with it thdn pushes it away).
I find both of mine like and dislike the same things except peas was (Alec likes, Adeline doesn't)
Likes Veggies:: Carrot (favorite veggie) Sweet potato (2nd fave) Squash (will eat, but not ravenously)
Fruits:: Banana(favorite fruit) Apple Pear (will eat, but not ravenously) Watermelon (but holy diarrhea)
Post by goldenlove3 on May 5, 2017 11:59:06 GMT -5
So I can't tell what C likes or doesn't like because even when he makes the gross face, he will still start MMMmming and opening his mouth. The boy just likes to eat. I think it's just the textures that throws him off at first. If I had to guess, I'd say peas and squash/zucchini gave the worst face. He seems to love carrots, bananas, pears, apples and mango so far. Have you tried fruit yet danib ?
Not yet goldenlove3 . We're only a week in and I've been doing 3 days per new food (is that even still the recommendation). I plan to do avocado tomorrow and banana in a few days.
That's what I was doing (new food every 3 days) but sometimes I only did 2 days for things like apples/pears and peas/green beans. Maybe that was stupid but they seemed similar enough that I wasn't too worried about a reaction.
Post by cookswithwine9 on May 5, 2017 17:35:24 GMT -5
For those that don't make their own baby food, what brand do you like the best? Is one better than the other? This might be a regional question because I'm not sure it would be the same in say Canada.
cookswithwine9 we started with the Earth's Best veggie and fruit start pack that has little jars. MH got it at whole foods, but I see them online at Target too. We have been doing half jars at a time and at school they mix with some formula/cereal. I picked up some other brand organic stage 1 to get more things to try (peach, mango, prunes).
Most have the same ingredients, just depends if you want organic or not. I can't handle purees that have meat in them, so we will skip those so I don't gag too much. IIRC, DS was doing finger food around 9m, so purees are short lived.
My MIL sent us a chicken curry-ish casserole. It's like chicken, curry spice, apples...not a classic curry and not spicy. Anyways, twins loved it. Kara is a better eater ATM so she especially tore thru it.
Apple in curry?!!! GENIUS. May I ask what color curry?
So, turns out my baby loves to eat! She cracks me up with how she pants, opens her mouth wide, and leans in trying to get the spoon to her mouth faster 😂
It's only been 8 days and she has tried 5 foods--avocado one day, sweet potatoes 3 days, then broccoli, broccoli + carrot (because I had forgotten the pure broccoli at home), and today banana. Obviously not asking for medical advice but is anyone thinking I should be concerned about spacing the foods more?
She's just so eager and doing so well, plus I don't think any of these foods are exactly risky for allergens. But curious what others think.
Post by sophiegrace on May 14, 2017 9:38:57 GMT -5
dashook, honestly don't worry. If she has a reaction you're going to have a general idea of what gave it to her. And this was brought up by my pedi and I thought it was a good point, babies break out in rashes all the time, have occasional weird poops, throw us for a loop on the daily. If we're waiting three days per food and something shows up in day three, do we immediately know it's an allergy? Usually, no. There is a much greater chance for you to not have a food allergy. I would (and am) KOKO and just keeping a mental list of what she's eaten within the week and up to date on the dosage of Benadryl she'd need to take for her weight just in case.
Post by sophiegrace on May 14, 2017 9:45:53 GMT -5
That being said waitwhat and everyone else who might have an idea. If you're in a household with a severe allergy, how do you handle making sure your baby tries it? Just don't?
I will be the person so make you feel better dashook as I am probably too #breezy with the food stuff. Just know that whatever you're doing, I am doing much less. I'm not saying I'm doing it right, I'm just saying that you don't have to feel like you're too non-chalant or the most unconcerned (if that makes any sense).
She did! I know it breaks about 80 rules, but she was grabbing for it so we let her have a taste. Also, yes, it's delicious. It's actually frozen custard and literally is the best ice cream type food near us.
She did! I know it breaks about 80 rules, but she was grabbing for it so we let her have a taste. Also, yes, it's delicious. It's actually frozen custard and literally is the best ice cream type food near us.
Mehhh rules shmules. She's wanted it and loved it. Sounds like a win to me. I can't wait to give M some ice cream.
And omg frozen custard. Can we add that to my list?
sophiegrace so even though you are cutting dairy out of your diet, M will be able to eat it? I honestly have no clue how it works. Even with a child with a dairy allergy.
Pedi wants her to try it around 9 months. If she's good I can eat it again. We're letting her try it first because if she does have a reaction we just don't give it to her and she'll feel better in a few weeks. If I eat it and her body isn't ready yet it's more like 4-6 weeks (2-3 weeks for the proteins to completely clear my BM and then another 2-3 weeks to finish clearing her system). While some MSPI babies do end up having a milk allergy it's a separate issue. More of an immaturity problem that causes the immune system to flare versus an actual IgE reaction. I'm really hoping since I've been so incredibly strict with it that I've given her a good chance to heal and mature that she'll do just fine at 9 months. FX.
Post by sophiegrace on May 15, 2017 13:16:43 GMT -5
I might whip out the BLW cookbook I bought while I was pregnant. After plowing through purees like nobody's business she's now not interested in the slightest. She wants to pick it up and do it herself. I'm pathetically at a loss of what to feed her and a bit nervous about the gagging.
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